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- Applications of distributed computing
- Distributed data storage systems
Active design
Active design is a set of building and planning principles that promote physical activity.
See Data center and Active design
Air conditioning
Air conditioning, often abbreviated as A/C (US) or air con (UK), is the process of removing heat from an enclosed space to achieve a more comfortable interior temperature (sometimes referred to as 'comfort cooling') and in some cases also strictly controlling the humidity of internal air.
See Data center and Air conditioning
Airflow
Airflow, or air flow, is the movement of air.
Airport apron
The airport apron, apron, flight line, or ramp is the area of an airport where aircraft are parked, unloaded or loaded, refueled, boarded, or maintained.
See Data center and Airport apron
Alibaba Group
Alibaba Group Holding Limited, branded as Alibaba, is a Chinese multinational technology company specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet, and technology.
See Data center and Alibaba Group
Alternating current
Alternating current (AC) is an electric current that periodically reverses direction and changes its magnitude continuously with time, in contrast to direct current (DC), which flows only in one direction.
See Data center and Alternating current
American English
American English (AmE), sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States.
See Data center and American English
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI), in its broadest sense, is intelligence exhibited by machines, particularly computer systems.
See Data center and Artificial intelligence
Automation
Automation describes a wide range of technologies that reduce human intervention in processes, mainly by predetermining decision criteria, subprocess relationships, and related actions, as well as embodying those predeterminations in machines.
See Data center and Automation
Backup
In information technology, a backup, or data backup is a copy of computer data taken and stored elsewhere so that it may be used to restore the original after a data loss event. Data center and backup are data management.
Battery storage power station
A battery storage power station, or battery energy storage system (BESS), is a type of energy storage power station that uses a group of batteries to store electrical energy.
See Data center and Battery storage power station
Bollard
A bollard is a sturdy, short, vertical post.
Bromotrifluoromethane
Bromotrifluoromethane, commonly referred to by the code numbers Halon 1301, R13B1, Halon 13B1 or BTM, is an organic halide with the chemical formula CBrF3.
See Data center and Bromotrifluoromethane
Building
A building or edifice is an enclosed structure with a roof and walls, usually standing permanently in one place, such as a house or factory.
Business continuity planning
Business continuity may be defined as "the capability of an organization to continue the delivery of products or services at pre-defined acceptable levels following a disruptive incident", and business continuity planning (or business continuity and resiliency planning) is the process of creating systems of prevention and recovery to deal with potential threats to a company.
See Data center and Business continuity planning
Cable tray
In the electrical wiring of buildings, a cable tray system is used to support insulated electrical cables used for power distribution, control, and communication.
See Data center and Cable tray
California Energy Code
The California Energy Code (also titled Building Energy Efficiency Standards for Residential and Nonresidential Buildings), called simply Title 24 in industry, is the sixth section of the California Building Standards Code.
See Data center and California Energy Code
Chimney
A chimney is an architectural ventilation structure made of masonry, clay or metal that isolates hot toxic exhaust gases or smoke produced by a boiler, stove, furnace, incinerator, or fireplace from human living areas.
CIO (magazine)
CIO is a magazine related to technology and IT.
See Data center and CIO (magazine)
Closed system
A closed system is a natural physical system that does not allow transfer of matter in or out of the system, althoughin the contexts of physics, chemistry, engineering, etc.
See Data center and Closed system
Cloud
In meteorology, a cloud is an aerosol consisting of a visible mass of miniature liquid droplets, frozen crystals, or other particles suspended in the atmosphere of a planetary body or similar space.
Colocation centre
A colocation center (also spelled co-location, or shortened to colo) or "carrier hotel", is a type of data centre where equipment, space, and bandwidth are available for rental to retail customers. Data center and colocation centre are data centers and servers (computing).
See Data center and Colocation centre
Commercial off-the-shelf
Commercial-off-the-shelf or commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) products are packaged or canned (ready-made) hardware or software, which are adapted aftermarket to the needs of the purchasing organization, rather than the commissioning of custom-made, or bespoke, solutions.
See Data center and Commercial off-the-shelf
Company
A company, abbreviated as co., is a legal entity representing an association of legal people, whether natural, juridical or a mixture of both, with a specific objective.
Computer
A computer is a machine that can be programmed to automatically carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (computation).
Computer cooling
Computer cooling is required to remove the waste heat produced by computer components, to keep components within permissible operating temperature limits.
See Data center and Computer cooling
Computer data storage
Computer data storage or digital data storage is a technology consisting of computer components and recording media that are used to retain digital data.
See Data center and Computer data storage
Computer network
A computer network is a set of computers sharing resources located on or provided by network nodes.
See Data center and Computer network
Computerworld
Computerworld (abbreviated as CW) is an ongoing decades-old professional publication which in 2014 "went digital." Its audience is information technology (IT) and business technology professionals, and is available via a publication website and as a digital magazine.
See Data center and Computerworld
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.
See Data center and COVID-19 pandemic
Data center management
Data center management is the collection of tasks performed by those responsible for managing ongoing operation of a data center. Data center and data center management are data centers and data management.
See Data center and Data center management
Data center network architectures
A data center is a pool of resources (computational, storage, network) interconnected using a communication network. Data center and data center network architectures are data centers.
See Data center and Data center network architectures
Diesel generator
A diesel generator (DG) (also known as a diesel genset) is the combination of a diesel engine with an electric generator (often an alternator) to generate electrical energy.
See Data center and Diesel generator
Direct current
Direct current (DC) is one-directional flow of electric charge.
See Data center and Direct current
Domain Name System
The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical and distributed name service that provides a naming system for computers, services, and other resources on the Internet or other Internet Protocol (IP) networks.
See Data center and Domain Name System
Dot-com bubble
The dot-com bubble (or dot-com boom) was a stock market bubble that ballooned during the late-1990s and peaked on Friday, March 10, 2000.
See Data center and Dot-com bubble
Dropped ceiling
A dropped ceiling is a secondary ceiling, hung below the main (structural) ceiling.
See Data center and Dropped ceiling
Dynamic infrastructure
Dynamic Infrastructure is an information technology concept related to the design of data centers, whereby the underlying hardware and software can respond dynamically and more efficiently to changing levels of demand.
See Data center and Dynamic infrastructure
Edge computing
Edge computing is a distributed computing model that brings computation and data storage closer to the sources of data.
See Data center and Edge computing
Electrical efficiency
The efficiency of a system in electronics and electrical engineering is defined as useful power output divided by the total electrical power consumed (a fractional expression), typically denoted by the Greek small letter eta (η – ήτα).
See Data center and Electrical efficiency
Electrical grid
An electrical grid (or electricity network) is an interconnected network for electricity delivery from producers to consumers.
See Data center and Electrical grid
Electrical network
An electrical network is an interconnection of electrical components (e.g., batteries, resistors, inductors, capacitors, switches, transistors) or a model of such an interconnection, consisting of electrical elements (e.g., voltage sources, current sources, resistances, inductances, capacitances).
See Data center and Electrical network
Encryption
In cryptography, encryption is the process of transforming (more specifically, encoding) information in a way that, ideally, only authorized parties can decode.
See Data center and Encryption
Energy Star
Energy Star (trademarked ENERGY STAR) is a program run by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that promotes energy efficiency.
See Data center and Energy Star
English in the Commonwealth of Nations
The use of the English language in current and former member countries of the Commonwealth of Nations was largely inherited from British colonisation, with some exceptions.
See Data center and English in the Commonwealth of Nations
ENIAC
ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was the first programmable, electronic, general-purpose digital computer, completed in 1945.
Ericsson
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, commonly known as Ericsson, is a Swedish multinational networking and telecommunications company headquartered in Stockholm.
Facebook is a social media and social networking service owned by American technology conglomerate Meta.
Facility management
Facility management or facilities management (FM) is a professional management discipline focused on the efficient and effective delivery of logistics and other support services related to real property and buildings.
See Data center and Facility management
Fire prevention
Fire prevention is a function of many fire departments.
See Data center and Fire prevention
Fire protection
Fire protection is the study and practice of mitigating the unwanted effects of potentially destructive fires.
See Data center and Fire protection
Fire sprinkler system
A fire sprinkler system is an active fire protection method, consisting of a water supply system providing adequate pressure and flowrate to a water distribution piping system, to which fire sprinklers are connected.
See Data center and Fire sprinkler system
Firewall (computing)
In computing, a firewall is a network security system that monitors and controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on predetermined security rules.
See Data center and Firewall (computing)
Floor area
In architecture, construction, and real estate, floor area, floor space, or floorspace is the area (measured in square metres or square feet) taken up by a building or part of it.
See Data center and Floor area
Forbes
Forbes is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917 and owned by Hong Kong-based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014.
Gartner
Gartner, Inc. is an American technological research and consulting firm based in Stamford, Connecticut, that conducts research on technology and shares this research both through private consulting as well as executive programs and conferences.
Gas turbine
A gas turbine, gas turbine engine, or also known by its old name internal combustion turbine, is a type of continuous flow internal combustion engine.
See Data center and Gas turbine
Gaseous fire suppression
Gaseous fire suppression, also called clean agent fire suppression, is the use of inert gases and chemical agents to extinguish a fire.
See Data center and Gaseous fire suppression
Gateway (telecommunications)
A gateway is a piece of networking hardware or software used in telecommunications networks that allows data to flow from one discrete network to another.
See Data center and Gateway (telecommunications)
Google LLC is an American multinational corporation and technology company focusing on online advertising, search engine technology, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, consumer electronics, and artificial intelligence (AI).
Google data centers
Google data centers are the large data center facilities Google uses to provide their services, which combine large drives, computer nodes organized in aisles of racks, internal and external networking, environmental controls (mainly cooling and humidification control), and operations software (especially as concerns load balancing and fault tolerance). Data center and Google data centers are data centers.
See Data center and Google data centers
Graphics card
A graphics card (also called a video card, display card, graphics accelerator, graphics adapter, VGA card/VGA, video adapter, display adapter, or colloquially GPU) is a computer expansion card that generates a feed of graphics output to a display device such as a monitor.
See Data center and Graphics card
Greenpeace
Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning network, founded in Canada in 1971 by a group of environmental activists.
See Data center and Greenpeace
Grid computing
Grid computing is the use of widely distributed computer resources to reach a common goal.
See Data center and Grid computing
Heat sink
A heat sink (also commonly spelled heatsink) is a passive heat exchanger that transfers the heat generated by an electronic or a mechanical device to a fluid medium, often air or a liquid coolant, where it is dissipated away from the device, thereby allowing regulation of the device's temperature.
Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) is the use of various technologies to control the temperature, humidity, and purity of the air in an enclosed space.
See Data center and Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
High availability
High availability (HA) is a characteristic of a system that aims to ensure an agreed level of operational performance, usually uptime, for a higher than normal period.
See Data center and High availability
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation (using the trademark IBM), nicknamed Big Blue, is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York and present in over 175 countries.
Iconectiv
iconectiv supplies communications providers with network planning and management services.
Immersion cooling
Immersion cooling is an IT cooling practice by which complete servers are immersed in a dielectric, electrically non-conductive fluid that has significantly higher thermal conductivity than air.
See Data center and Immersion cooling
Information security
Information security, sometimes shortened to infosec, is the practice of protecting information by mitigating information risks.
See Data center and Information security
InformationWeek
InformationWeek is a digital magazine which conducts corresponding face-to-face events, virtual events, and research.
See Data center and InformationWeek
Inside Climate News
Inside Climate News is a non-profit news organization, focusing on environmental journalism.
See Data center and Inside Climate News
International Data Group
International Data Group (IDG, Inc.) is a market intelligence and demand generation company focused on the technology industry.
See Data center and International Data Group
International Energy Agency
The International Energy Agency (IEA) is a Paris-based autonomous intergovernmental organisation, established in 1974, that provides policy recommendations, analysis and data on the global energy sector.
See Data center and International Energy Agency
Internet
The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices.
Internet exchange point
Internet exchange points (IXes or IXPs) are common grounds of IP networking, allowing participant Internet service providers (ISPs) to exchange data destined for their respective networks.
See Data center and Internet exchange point
Internet hosting service
An Internet hosting service is a service that runs servers connected to the Internet, allowing organizations and individuals to serve content or host services connected to the Internet.
See Data center and Internet hosting service
Internet protocol suite
The Internet protocol suite, commonly known as TCP/IP, is a framework for organizing the set of communication protocols used in the Internet and similar computer networks according to functional criteria.
See Data center and Internet protocol suite
Intranet
An intranet is a computer network for sharing information, easier communication, collaboration tools, operational systems, and other computing services within an organization, usually to the exclusion of access by outsiders.
Intrusion detection system
An intrusion detection system (IDS) is a device or software application that monitors a network or systems for malicious activity or policy violations.
See Data center and Intrusion detection system
IT disaster recovery
IT disaster recovery (also, simply disaster recovery (DR)) is the process of maintaining or reestablishing vital infrastructure and systems following a natural or human-induced disaster, such as a storm or battle. Data center and iT disaster recovery are data management.
See Data center and IT disaster recovery
Machine learning
Machine learning (ML) is a field of study in artificial intelligence concerned with the development and study of statistical algorithms that can learn from data and generalize to unseen data and thus perform tasks without explicit instructions.
See Data center and Machine learning
Mainframe computer
A mainframe computer, informally called a mainframe or big iron, is a computer used primarily by large organizations for critical applications like bulk data processing for tasks such as censuses, industry and consumer statistics, enterprise resource planning, and large-scale transaction processing.
See Data center and Mainframe computer
Mantrap (access control)
A mantrap, security mantrap portal, airlock, sally port or access control vestibule is a physical security access control system comprising a small space with two sets of interlocking doors, such that the first set of doors must close before the second set opens.
See Data center and Mantrap (access control)
Microsoft engineering groups
Microsoft engineering groups are the operating divisions of Microsoft.
See Data center and Microsoft engineering groups
Military
A military, also known collectively as an armed forces, are a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare.
Minicomputer
A minicomputer, or colloquially mini, is a type of smaller general-purpose computer developed in the mid-1960s and sold at a much lower price than mainframe and mid-size computers from IBM and its direct competitors.
See Data center and Minicomputer
Mist
Mist is a phenomenon caused by small droplets of water suspended in the cold air, usually by condensation.
Modernization theory
Modernization theory holds that as societies become more economically modernized, wealthier and more educated, their political institutions become increasingly liberal democratic.
See Data center and Modernization theory
Motherboard
A motherboard (also called mainboard, main circuit board, MB, base board, system board, or, in Apple computers, logic board) is the main printed circuit board (PCB) in general-purpose computers and other expandable systems.
See Data center and Motherboard
Multihoming
Multihoming is the practice of connecting a host or a computer network to more than one network.
See Data center and Multihoming
N+1 redundancy
Redundancy is a form of resilience that ensures system availability in the event of component failure.
See Data center and N+1 redundancy
Neher–McGrath method
In electrical engineering, Neher–McGrath is a method of estimating the steady-state temperature of electrical power cables for some commonly encountered configurations.
See Data center and Neher–McGrath method
Network operations center
A network operations center (NOC, pronounced like the word knock), also known as a "network management center", is one or more locations from which network monitoring and control, or network management, is exercised over a computer, telecommunication or satellite network.
See Data center and Network operations center
Network switch
A network switch (also called switching hub, bridging hub, Ethernet switch, and, by the IEEE, MAC bridge) is networking hardware that connects devices on a computer network by using packet switching to receive and forward data to the destination device.
See Data center and Network switch
Networking hardware
Networking hardware, also known as network equipment or computer networking devices, are electronic devices that are required for communication and interaction between devices on a computer network. Data center and networking hardware are computer networking.
See Data center and Networking hardware
Open Compute Project
The Open Compute Project (OCP) is an organization that facilitates the sharing of data center product designs and industry best practices among companies. Data center and Open Compute Project are applications of distributed computing, computer networking, data centers, data management, distributed data storage, distributed data storage systems and servers (computing).
See Data center and Open Compute Project
Operating expense
An operating expense is an ongoing cost for running a product, business, or system.
See Data center and Operating expense
Passive fire protection
Passive fire protection (PFP) is components or systems of a building or structure that slows or impedes the spread of the effects of fire or smoke without system activation, and usually without movement.
See Data center and Passive fire protection
Patch (computing)
A patch is data that is intended to be used to modify an existing software resource such as a program or a file, often to fix bugs and security vulnerabilities.
See Data center and Patch (computing)
Peering
In computer networking, peering is a voluntary interconnection of administratively separate Internet networks for the purpose of exchanging traffic between the "down-stream" users of each network.
Plenum space
A plenum space is a part of a building that can facilitate air circulation for heating and air conditioning systems, by providing pathways for either heated/conditioned or return airflows, usually at greater than atmospheric pressure.
See Data center and Plenum space
Power distribution unit
A power distribution unit (PDU) is a device fitted with multiple outputs designed to distribute electric power, especially to racks of computers and networking equipment located within a data center. Data center and power distribution unit are data centers.
See Data center and Power distribution unit
Power inverter
A power inverter, inverter, or invertor is a power electronic device or circuitry that changes direct current (DC) to alternating current (AC).
See Data center and Power inverter
Power supply
A power supply is an electrical device that supplies electric power to an electrical load.
See Data center and Power supply
Power usage effectiveness
Power usage effectiveness (PUE) or power unit efficiency is a ratio that describes how efficiently a computer data center uses energy; specifically, how much energy is used by the computing equipment (in contrast to cooling and other overhead that supports the equipment).
See Data center and Power usage effectiveness
Printed circuit board
A printed circuit board (PCB), also called printed wiring board (PWB), is a medium used to connect or "wire" components to one another in a circuit.
See Data center and Printed circuit board
Product lifecycle
In industry, product lifecycle management (PLM) is the process of managing the entire lifecycle of a product from its inception through the engineering, design and manufacture, as well as the service and disposal of manufactured products.
See Data center and Product lifecycle
Provisioning (technology)
In telecommunication, provisioning involves the process of preparing and equipping a network to allow it to provide new services to its users.
See Data center and Provisioning (technology)
Proxy server
In computer networking, a proxy server is a server application that acts as an intermediary between a client requesting a resource and the server providing that resource. Data center and proxy server are computer networking.
See Data center and Proxy server
Rackspace Technology
Rackspace Technology, Inc. is an American cloud computing company based in San Antonio, Texas.
See Data center and Rackspace Technology
Raised floor
A raised floor (also raised flooring, access floor(ing), or raised-access computer floor) provides an elevated structural floor above a solid substrate (often a concrete slab) to create a hidden void for the passage of mechanical and electrical services.
See Data center and Raised floor
Redundancy (engineering)
In engineering and systems theory, redundancy is the intentional duplication of critical components or functions of a system with the goal of increasing reliability of the system, usually in the form of a backup or fail-safe, or to improve actual system performance, such as in the case of GNSS receivers, or multi-threaded computer processing.
See Data center and Redundancy (engineering)
Router (computing)
A router is a computer and networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks, including internetworks such as the global Internet. Data center and router (computing) are computer networking.
See Data center and Router (computing)
Security guard
A security guard (also known as a security inspector, security officer, factory guard, or protective agent) is a person employed by a government or private party to protect the employing party's assets (property, people, equipment, money, etc.) from a variety of hazards (such as crime, waste, damages, unsafe worker behavior, etc.) by enforcing preventative measures.
See Data center and Security guard
Server (computing)
A server is a computer that provides information to other computers called "clients" on computer network. Data center and server (computing) are servers (computing).
See Data center and Server (computing)
Server farm
A server farm or server cluster is a collection of computer servers, usually maintained by an organization to supply server functionality far beyond the capability of a single machine. Data center and server farm are servers (computing).
See Data center and Server farm
Server room
A server room is a room, usually air-conditioned, devoted to the continuous operation of computer servers. Data center and server room are servers (computing).
See Data center and Server room
Single point of failure
A single point of failure (SPOF) is a part of a system that, if it fails, will stop the entire system from working.
See Data center and Single point of failure
Smoke detector
A smoke detector is a device that senses smoke, typically as an indicator of fire.
See Data center and Smoke detector
Solar panel
A solar panel is a device that converts sunlight into electricity by using photovoltaic (PV) cells.
See Data center and Solar panel
Structured cabling
In telecommunications, structured cabling is building or campus cabling infrastructure that consists of a number of standardized smaller elements (hence structured) called subsystems.
See Data center and Structured cabling
Telecommunications
Telecommunication, often used in its plural form or abbreviated as telecom, is the transmission of information with an immediacy comparable to face-to-face communication.
See Data center and Telecommunications
Telecommunications Industry Association
The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to develop voluntary, consensus-based industry standards for a wide variety of information and communication technology (ICT) products, and currently represents nearly 400 companies.
See Data center and Telecommunications Industry Association
Telecommunications network
A telecommunications network is a group of nodes interconnected by telecommunications links that are used to exchange messages between the nodes.
See Data center and Telecommunications network
Temperature chaining
Temperature chaining can mean temperature, thermal or energy chaining or cascading.
See Data center and Temperature chaining
Tencent
Tencent Holdings Ltd. is a Chinese multinational technology conglomerate and holding company headquartered in Shenzhen.
The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
See Data center and The New York Times
Total cost of ownership
Total cost of ownership (TCO) is a financial estimate intended to help buyers and owners determine the direct and indirect costs of a product or service.
See Data center and Total cost of ownership
Transformer
In electrical engineering, a transformer is a passive component that transfers electrical energy from one electrical circuit to another circuit, or multiple circuits.
See Data center and Transformer
Uninterruptible power supply
An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) or uninterruptible power source is a type of continual power system that provides automated backup electric power to a load when the input power source or mains power fails.
See Data center and Uninterruptible power supply
United States Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters.
See Data center and United States Environmental Protection Agency
Utah Data Center
The Utah Data Center (UDC), also known as the Intelligence Community Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative Data Center, is a data storage facility for the United States Intelligence Community that is designed to store data estimated to be on the order of exabytes or larger. Data center and Utah Data Center are data centers.
See Data center and Utah Data Center
Video camera
A video camera is an optical instrument that captures videos, as opposed to a movie camera, which records images on film.
See Data center and Video camera
Virtual private network
Virtual private network (VPN) is a network architecture for virtually extending a private network (i.e. any computer network which is not the public Internet) across one or multiple other networks which are either untrusted (as they are not controlled by the entity aiming to implement the VPN) or need to be isolated (thus making the lower network invisible or not directly usable).
See Data center and Virtual private network
Virtualization
In computing, virtualization or virtualisation in British English (sometimes abbreviated v12n, a numeronym) is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something at the same abstraction level, including virtual computer hardware platforms, storage devices, and computer network resources. Data center and virtualization are computer networking.
See Data center and Virtualization
Watt
The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3.
Web hosting service
A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that hosts websites for clients, i.e. it offers the facilities required for them to create and maintain a site and makes it accessible on the World Wide Web.
See Data center and Web hosting service
YouTube
YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google.
19-inch rack
A 19-inch rack is a standardized frame or enclosure for mounting multiple electronic equipment modules.
See Data center and 19-inch rack
451 Group
451 Group is a New York City-based technology industry research firm.
See also
Applications of distributed computing
- Ace Stream
- Aggregate Level Simulation Protocol
- Collaborative virtual environment
- Comparison of streaming media software
- Content delivery network
- Cooperative distributed problem solving
- Couchbase Server
- Data center
- Distributed control system
- Distributed data storage
- Distributed database
- Distributed web crawling
- Embarrassingly parallel
- FCS Network
- Federated search
- File sharing networks
- FoundationDB
- Massively multiplayer online games
- Multi-model database
- Open Compute Project
- P2PTV
- Parallel rendering
- Quality control system for paper, board and tissue machines
- Render farm
- Spoon Radio
- Streaming
- Streaming media
- Transformational Satellite Communications System
Distributed data storage systems
- Ace Stream
- Comparison of streaming media software
- Content delivery network
- Data center
- Database scalability
- Dell Technologies PowerFlex
- Distributed file systems
- File sharing networks
- Hyphanet
- I2P
- Information-centric networking caching policies
- Open Compute Project
- P2PTV
- Publius (publishing system)
- StorPool Storage
- Wuala
References
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